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6 Activities You Didn’t Know Were Great For Your Kids

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Parenting self-reliant, independent, and kind children may be less difficult than you imagine. Certain activities promote cognitive, social, and emotional abilities, yet they are often disregarded.

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Encourage Free Play With Simple Toys

It’s wonderful when kids get to play by themselves. Soft skills are developed via play in children. Young children need time to play alone or with others without supervision.

Despite our need for constant socialization and entertainment, adult-led events are not the same as unstructured play. Do not engage in Pinterest-related activities in front of your child, but rather provide them with cardboard boxes, LEGOs, or wooden blocks.

Find Time For Outdoor Play

Getting outside is important for physical and mental development. Being in nature helps develop listening, attention, emotional regulation, and collaboration skills. Playing in natural environments like puddles, mud, rain, snow, and grass provides amazing natural sensory experiences that kids often lack.

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Instead of going to a playground, take your kids on a trek or a big open field. Encourage children to explore their environments barefoot, and give them permission to pick up sticks and write notes about what they see.

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Allow For Healthy Risk-Taking

Healthy risk-taking as children helps them handle risk as adults. Fear or hostility might result from not taking chances. Children’s risk-taking doesn’t include life-threatening activities, but more so running fast, whirling and tumbling, rolling down modest slopes, and leaping from heights may be health risks. Anything that causes dread must be handled.

Instead of telling your youngster to “be cautious,” take a step back. Letting kids climb the slide, leap off the sofa, or balance on fallen trees builds confidence, resilience, and mental and emotional strength.

Give Kids Time And Space Away From Adults

Older kids need the opportunity and the freedom to play without constant adult supervision. Children need extended periods of time alone to play in order to enter a state of flow.

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